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ing birds: They Just let the little esglSs 60
they were compelled to convert Into currency
ran as follows: Double eagles. 500, 10000;
cnalcs, sac 49, OK. half eagles, ~ llSO20 ana
auaroreagles, s4,s30l Yet what DID the genera N
public for whom currency CIRCULATION s S chiefly
cagles1 Absolutely thore has beon no gold
currency to tako the place OF the silver and
paper currency OF low denomination, WHICH the
war and tho Silvor Coinage law combined nave
made exclusive. But you can havo no metallic
currency founded on the, value OF the material
erlng valucs. Imagine. o gold penny OF the
smallest size that could DO handled, and then
enlarge II to 1000 times and put the product
IN your pocket In the form Of q $40 GolI piece.
In the language Of tho imaginative west, 1t
w2Sd DO kSy !? have the BULGE on yogg tns
arts Is considerable. so considerable, indeed
that II greatly retards the growth OF metallic
circulation. Tho money metal enters into Jew
elry. watches. and watchmakers' supplies. dom
tai supplies, pen Instruments gold loaf, plate,
eorbed SI4,459464. They converted it into
ornaments that hang pendant from ladies'
ears. or clasp their wrists In an unspeakable
embrace. They turned II into watches and
chains. or hammered l. into shape 70 be thrust
the same year reached s1l4 ,2l7 1888 American
artisans put $5,55G.530 Of this amount Into
plate watch cases, and such articles OF artistio
decoration as silyersmiths arc cunning to do
wise. When we reflect that the United States
are only one among many nations that nse
consumed In this way. 1t will be seen, must DO
very large.
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should DO no mistake, and then to kiss her
brief life 10. and how frequently II happens
an orchard walks mies and miles befofe ss
0'R VAL fn Ssnst pa ssys.he young LADY in .h.
Morris sri She siwpys acts as 4 butter would
R peg ssI t & Ref ed ADDS f Sa
stoop only quarter Of q mile away.
WHERE WATER IL IN GREAT DEMAND.
Water never was more appreciated than at
and moet Of II 10 so muddy, that the English
mon who used 70 carry bath tubs gil over the
woa s e Il WondS yss s Rh oyy
clear, pure water Is worshipped out here. The
people get nine"tenths q their fun from 1t.
Sa hs 1s wo
stacks cappsd ike an onic eonm amour
ns eDsn ssst and
Is alive with t6em on iine days, and the shores
arc everywhere toothed with little springy
snsn liz s fshs s ese u
ties summing themselves. At the principal
hotel landings; pretty clipkcr.built rowboats
them % e
mount Park. whore oil the houses Of the row.
Ing clubs are. 1t Is the custom for the young
fcWn and before son s
these sun. Drowned siris With her spoon NO oars
sps S3uf f t hes e ess on f hS1
the binf shs lakesides They row SeUno
graceful or easy or at all natural whom they
are rowing. But. on the other hand, the men
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NEW YORKERs IN SARATOGA.

SARATOGA. Aug 27.-Ex-Surrogate Delano O.
Calvin still wearing his whskers as he and the EN-.
peror William used to do when he was tho bench Is
leading restful life hero with his wife,
Senators Daily and Durham, or "Jim and Tom." rs thu
politicians call them when not in their presence arc
daily seen arm in arm. People wonder whether they
ever arc apart night or day. The two Senators liked
another at nrst sight whom Mr. Durham to A.
banv eighteen months ago. and since then the attach
ment has become almost sSiamess. "The honest soma
tor" IL what they are called
RxJudgo Dittenhoefer always manages to md two
lovely young ladies when tho music begins In the
Ing and with them he promenades up ard down the
veranda Of tho States 1t doesn't matter apparently
what two girls he nnds but he insists upon and
their being beautiful Ex-Mayor Ely 10 another New
Yorker who enjoys tho good fortune be forever
wiohed between two young ladies-his nieces
MI Morosini 10 the United States with his
ing wife and very pretty ana fair daughter lilo
still wears his whiskers Ia Victor Emanuel and his
goatee Ia Napoleon Ill. bat he far and
hair 10 white for resemblance to either model
from his lips.
Miss Lillian Russell is living ooay at a cottage here
and is Of the prettiest figures on the road and
promenadea Miss olcott-another Liian-divded hon.
with her for time behalf Of the stage, but has
gone away Mrs Florence Rice Knox, Just returned
from Europe. exoels all others In tho beauty and
city of her kownA
Frank L!necn head. til. cards Announcing his enter
tainmsnt withithe words Intellectual Humor-John
Ruskin." He startled by the in THE sus that
Ruskin's mind had given way, He says that between
1882 and 1854 he and Henry 8. Welcome had little
place on the Marylebone road, In London and among
the notablea who there was Ruskin Lincoln had
read his books part of his studies In school, and stood
in OF tho man. when Ruskin Lincoln thought
his fun could please him but tho great critic had
been ave minutes in the house before no had little girl
on each knee and was strotinE each ones hair and
joining In their prAtto. " also took motto of his eyea"
said Lincoln land observed that they were not only
beautiful but eedingy kindly. After that was no
longer In awe Of him."
Other New Workers who here Fred Nathan.
Judge Dillon, j. W. Drexel Col George Bss Senator
Grswold, W. II. and r. Y. Gunther, and DR.. Guernsey
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out here determined to indulge her fondness
oher dag but the hnness Of the fresh Water
sp shS Mbsn eq e9dy
the slippery weeds among the stones her desire
to battle vanished. " 1t vas so creepy on the
scresmed I'll Til f" ono q the men brought me
There is such a thing as carving thS love Of
prohibit tho sale Of waters liyeiest riyal-rum.
ssse SISs c.ra Nss
There ' Is a grand reminder Of the seaside at
6otS asS KY ons stories hg na in is 3
hon e q Ro .aa o. euess o. but
water and electric lights and. big verandas
pd bay and nd
sF'ss' y sasSs% ? !ssa e 81 ir IT
eve r Il feebly approaches tho correct West
srn idea II the exhibition on one wall q
life.sze lithograph Of Germaa maiden ~
beer, But the girls attire reaches almost to
her shoes, and very nearly to her neck; As 4
T n hns n shs rsador
that used to disgrace New York;Ethe photo
eares handrsd i"Id worse that
much foothold ere..have been transported to
the West. You see them In all the cigar store
windows and In all the barrooms. They startle
you on all sides IN the streets OF all the cities.
So great Is the demand for them that the same
New York with semi-reputable pictqres, In
fact the firms whose headquarters are In, New
York and the East, distribute the most shock
Ing things to the Western storekeepers.
This big hotel at Minnetonka possesses one
feature that Is an improvement upon anything
at our coast resorts In that the billiard tables
are up stairs where the ladies can play the
any more than women ever appear to at That
scientific. game. they are constantly trying;
They look very pretty over their cues. and add
to the attractiveness Of the hotel. but their
best appearance Is in tho parlor on dancing
nights.
wALTZINa LEADS ALL OTHER JOYS.
Such place for dancing as 1t ie! There is
never night. not even Sundays being except
cd. when there is not dance at one OF the
particle Of difference whether 1t is at one house
or the other. for all follow the music-across
the lake tonight. on this side tomorrow. and
at the other end next night The music Is
adopts with a. prodigious fondnese for waltz
ing, and In the good old-fashioped way. In
wh 4 thes are yhrs 1pes
OF anatomy. they are apt to get comminpted
fractures by the timc the music ceases and the
cavalier releases his lady. flushed and breath
less and ready to sink into the nearest chair
as lightly but IS surely a: BALLOON f s s to
lar pastime is dancing At this place that il is
no uncommon thing for 700 or 800 persons to
attend the hops at the main hotel.
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All the steamboats,. stornwhee!ors, propel-
shee on seem az aboSt
money-that is. they all do an immense bust
Ts1 the pcne
ties, sailing the straight length ofths lake, and
and that AND Ike them
distance to netting spd I'll the delay 70
the ocean to hear them talk Of what II Is capa-
BILE OF doing. II is from feet to 100 feet deep,
and they say that ct an instant's notice It VIII
peliers can keep adoat in It, and that the waves
dash over the boat houses and on top Of the
now emerald and now TURQUOISE. has been ex-
amined by. leading chemists" and found TO
contain Slice Iron. th%m bora I i9TE sGr1s
and magnesium, and very little dissolved salts
Or organic matter Il there is anything they y
not for the lack OF attention to the subject
THE TROUBLE WITH THE BATHING.
- It is not very good for swimming purposes.
Il Is considered chilly. though It is no more 80
md splashins done in II ali the sans, partica:
sff W." as nS to It
fashion for tho bath"that is In ehsmIloons q
the eoatrsst with tie present MstRedist sea
in the style that the French cooks call dt nat,i-
rel, in tubs. for which q special room is set
apart In nearly every boat house. Fancy going
to within two feet Of tho edge OF lovely lake
and then taking 9 bath n tub: The pr h,s.
bath dressing boxes, but they arc simply rot
ting away. Tho majority OF the people at the
hotel know nothing about bathing rs We prac-
tice IL at the seacoAst. and really, II any one
will stop to think OF II moment. 1t will be seen
that It Is not wholly sponta1eens Or natural
party OF folks who had mover, done II
before, soberly marching down to a lot OF bath
houses, undressing, and then appearing In the
siter an OUTFIT Of underelothes made IN juvenile
sizes, and then shrunk until lady who could
never be- Induced to, wear even a night robe
that doesn't touch both the door and her eass
and cover even her wrists, finds herself an OBJ
ject Of aEitated Western scrutiny. paradinG out
OF doors about as much clothed as an envelope
Is when Il has postage stamp on its northeast
corner. Even at Long Branch II Is a common
thing to hear q lady. looking on Mt the bathers,
remark that nothing could Induce her to ap-
pear in one Of those improper suits" OF
course. she does appear In one within q few
days, but that Is the effect of multitudinous
example and the force Of enyironment-the
same things that lead tho Indians to drink
mixture Of Worcestershire sauce and pain
killer In those districts whore they live among
white men end can't get liquor Il is very dif.
ferent In uinnetonka- The bath be1ss are
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GLAD DAYS AT MINNET0NKA.
roYEL FEH TUREs OF LIFE At THB
VESTS GREAT RESORT

n,,,,nr There Takes the Place OF uathtr9 In
tbo East hnru,iug Consequences of Abun-
dent Insect Life-Pretty Giris Like Oars
hut Men or Sort We arc Not Used to.
The West has Its own Coney Island, and
saks no odds Of us In that respect. II COM
naros with ours as a rose bush with green
bav tree but take away the comparison and o
rose bush is not lacking IN many good features.
Tho Coney Island OF the West is Lake Minne-
tonks. q sheet OF water that calls to mind
Croton Lake or Hopatcong, but is bigger than
both put together. 1t is In Minnesota. which
contains more lakes than there are points in a
dressmaker's pincushion-three million acres
NJ tbem In short-so that in that State they
va,er the roadbeds OF the railroads instead OF
,le stock, as we do In the East. Minnetonka 10
ofsen miles from Minneapolis and twenty five
from st. Paul, and was originally intended as
a pocket resort for those cities. but the people
n, all the other States in the west and centre Of
tte country paid no attention to the selfish
claims OF those little 1our-grinding communi-
Ties, but went right in and took possession Of
ali the loose fun there was there and all they
brought with them, and now tho lake is no.
body's in particular and the great Vests In
general.
To SUN reader. who hos been told all about
all tho Eastern resorts worth mentioning. an
account OF Mlnnetonka Will DO aS mover aS PIC.
ture OF Manhattan Beach hung with icicles and
coated with snow. All watering places are
necessarily much alike, as the primo ingredi-
ants Of all are water, human nature and fun,
but out West oil these things are different.
The water, for instance, Is fresh.
II any one thinks the human nature out
there Is humble and contrits because 1t 10
doomed to an existence far from the Atlantic
coast where we know that everything worth
seeing or having or being Is concentrated. he
makes the greatest error Of his life. We have
seen a dinner card out there whereon was
printed this toast: Minneapolis and st. Paul
twin thoroughbreds that take no dust from
any cities in the East" And you may rcst as
sured there was no intended reference In this
TO the fact that the -four mills OF those cities
make all the dust that they can possibly take
themselves. No; the spirit Of the toast is tho
same in which one Of the Minneapolis editors
wrote shortly afterward: THE Sun reporter
who was out here is too greatly impressed with
the East" he said; The does not seem to I'M
derstand that Now York is merely a landing
wharf for the country, which really lies between
the Rockies and the Aleghanies."
But to conflne ourselves to Minnetonka. It
Is delightful place. as full Of beauty as the
Metropolitan on grand opera nights. as full Of
fun as basket Of champagne. and Is new to a
New Yorker as the sight Of policeman pass
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Between the waltzes the cool air and inviting
nsh bRhs and bb
young fo!ks upon the board walks or gravel
paths that lead away to SCORES of retreats that
the Place seem e. nd
munings or course, 4 takes two together. to
be properly alone. For such there are the
Where the benehss hes are, but With prospect Of
the elistenipg lake and lighted grounds; Then
there E ana NJ S9dSIp lst hs S snd
recurring tho closest pressure Of the yielding
oh so ' levers aren al IN he Witt
heads almost touching. and their heavy SHOES
and kid boots keeping accurate but dawdling
roads that are 50 br1sk with life in pretty pony
the tread of eager idIers fastening In endless
procession to the boats. the groves, the
hotels Scarcely would you think the thorough
see ali glorious BY day. But, then, neither ere
1es sSea the ebews teuCh togehep w6e
The West Is our true democracy. and II
makes no odds whether the dancers belong In
the hotel or the opposition house or In q
ncshbor!ns cottage. no one wants to know
aeer they or
what their business is, In the West every man
has either made his pile or intends to do SO az
Woman is the object Of gallant interest that
We Eastern folks mes.uEs out only to the bsP.
she wears dresses. In most parts trousers are
30 dreadfully common and skirts SO intrequent
sor amp 70
snvelops, The rule little further West Is to
take all the women as they come, like tho un-
Ct
from the far West; Among the cottage owners,
for instance are Families from Chicago Gag Kan.
cities, and az the hotels are mon and women
from Memphis, St. Louis, New Orleans. and all
souri, and the other central States. $3.50,
Tho men are. as rule, an extremely serious
pct who %n
%Ses a1 81 tRs a Of whe
hear you seat es or pRrSss Whatever they
may be at, In tho barrooms. the pRrlors, on the
verandas, or on the lake steamers; 1t 70 bqsi-
dollar IL the keynote OF their song. In the East.
II you hear business talked among men on
bent you nay be a. certain as the
mercial travsller together or. With prospective
customers. And the talk is always about
sooSs Here ,,boi T. ,n sossbs The Dss q I l.
srs suggests. 1t is about the new boom in tbs
CgpT dAlene rsgion. the collapsed boom i1
prospects for million getting In Alaska, the
scheme for new transcontinental road. the
amazing increase OF realty values In Kansas
another century will not 500 the close Of, This
very resort itself Is one OF these grand western
ssehemes. Tor Il is doomed by the railroads,
three OF which own and run the three principal
hotels.
Occasionally. there is a little relief when .
0a bn S% ns 9sd 81 ths
In that section as the Maltese Cross outfit"
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READY FOR HER EXERC1SE.
sf sHy s h ssss T. r. dsHst ssy %
they have encouraged these MInnetonka bellies
to take to the oars. until now Il is the regular
tie nPdsn Of out pd'Ss @
o9af paS E ai ns an .sndn
cannot really be so. considering what is done IA
water and the girls hands toying with the
ID 81 % hs .s sRs Ts TO SFse
or to dream. Something's you find both the
Ths snss
then what can anybody say who secs them
hand tSas holds the ne
so as to be prepared against the biggest fish
ever heard Of, should Il chance to come along
The Minnetonka girls are great tlsherwom en-
ne a mornin9 are aass apt have rod oyer
shouder and basket in the other hand ,. The
bass, pickerel. croppie and sunfish: Fish are
Every r living thing to abound in way that as
tonishes an Eastern man. SMaliows are ,i ior-
n.s IN Watsr behind their
are seldom out Of sight In the daytime in the
trees and on the lawns, and this chronicler has
seen thirty at a time in front OF the hotel at
thing ever was, except gophers on the Cana;
dian prairie. and the air is 90 full Of small
would Imagine himself In the Persans' para
disc could he be there Just now. Apparently
there are aSrmnps herS
constantly seen at It alone. but no one ever
saw q Mtnnetorka maiden fishing without
man and book Why Is not known but tho
fact remains The artist has drawn typical
Minnetonka fishing picture.
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desperadoes; of their lonely lives and small
s enis ss srssNs to are helshsen the eject
the otherwise constant talk Of tho
cattle h op pork, Wheat and orc. When some 81
the serious minded and even sober;faeed men
"a inc set they
that they had heaps Of entertainment, dissipa;
ton, and amusement In drinking rum and
nyss Western
thing IN that but to New Yorker who knows
I poe 1H az II ss seem as odess
and unimportant as the care 81 pair OF white
mice would appear to the Mnseulman from
Of twenty-seven elephants.
THEY WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW.
Another marked popularity about certain Of
the people at Minnetonka Is that they don't
hesitate to ask about what they want to know.
as st on ths paSza q Soe Of them
Is a dTaw fanfse "
{" Nor. rom the East. chr Seeing the
Ro Mss are you
sSssrsS: sspssti. dinyapperlis. 9, them r.
modest w. The he hnmblest lie and the most
mt TO Whsn S
Minnetonka.
Western folks give they are willing to take. II
they are curious. It Is because they like curl
osity. II they are anxious to talk to STRANGERS
Northern Pacific train from the Pacific coast
the other day were two matronly ladies' With
around which the United States Is there fondy
supposed to revoIve. The reporter OF THE Sun
had ridden In the Pullman car with them for
rewarded with q handful Of those wild flowers
that make northern Idaho glorious garden
estly offered the ladies what he had gathered.
This dialogue ensued:
you are from the East" said one. I'VE
were sure Of it."
why so, may inquire :"
Because you have been in the car two days
with us and have not made our acquaintance
spoken to us the first half hour"
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A STERN WHEELER.


ing fruit stand In the street without helping
himself. The lake is fourteen miles long in
straight limo, but there Is 80 little Of straight
line about 1t that 1t has twenty five arms. many
OF them as big as itself, to use q helpful Gel
ticism, and 1t is so roundabout that some say
1t has 800 miles Of shore line. and some say
1875. Its rich. deep-green shores arc low and
clad with poplar. elm. maple. and other pretty
trees Of small but thick growth that are shad-
owed in all its edges and mako 1t seem great
blue saucer edged with green. 1t Is high In
air. 922 feet above the sea. Facing the water
are three big hotels and no end Of boarding
houses. some clustered together In four or five
villages, some separate and some sprinkled
among the cottages that almost everywhere
peep from behind the trees. Little squat cot
tages they are. as rule, with pitched roofs
and ample verandas, and an inordinate dis
play Of mosquito noting. Sometimes the ve-
randas arc walled In with this netting, and II
not. the suggestive web Is tackled around the
upper balconies or across the upper windows.
The people say there are seldom any mos
Qutoes there. and that they have the nets to
keep the bugs out when tho lamps are lit.
When natural history takes the strides that
have marked the progress Of other sciences
children will DO taught that the worst thing
fearful lying he gives rise to. There WAS a
heap Of falsehood about Jumbo, and still moro
about the white elephant that wasn't white.
and the one that was white because he was
painted So, but eventually the truth about
them leaked out. 1t never leaks out about the
mosquito in the regions he hos chosen for
operatic and surgical practice.
Ladies ways know whom they look pretty.
and those In Minnetonka are aware that Q film
Of ol MOSQUITO netting heightens every prsttiness
and conceals many blemish. Tho conse-
1uence is that few women anywhere else look
as pretty, as soft in outline, and as mysteri-
opsy graceful as tho maidens and young wives
who lolI in the ,hemmocks that, nine times IN
the lille lakeside cottages. They swing iazily
above you, with here an ankle showing. and
there pearly arm peepirg from short and
spreading sleeve. and always with glimpse
r. 2 lace thrown ina iaco pretty In
Itself. but sera phically softened By the
SHttns There only one thing Prettisr in
scenes one is forever Witnessing on moon;
iilsht nights, when the road y shaded and
E'ksaamn, Of the noon. MlnnetonEa YES assisned
ground and park. At first In tho worry carly
evening, the young folks bill and COO out on
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A Fish. Between Sea Fishes.

The passengers on tho steamer City OF Para
her last trip from this city to tho Ishmus Of Panama
were treated to great nght between black and sword
sh lust tho Other side OF Fortune Island. It along
in tho afternoon and the very calm when suddenly
big black ns ten feet in length seen leap out OF
the water thirty yards from tho PokinR
ont after him came the long swoTd OF monster sword
NAH. Tho black hlh wiEKled IN the air Tor few mo
Then ias two alhs: tackled each olhsr asshing he
black n1h was to leap again. Its stomach was
ripped open and its ontAe hung down several feet Tho
sword nsh who had got in his ne work again
under his victim When The black nsh again fe to tho
water the Eword nsh caught him and carried him on
leaving leng wake OF blood behind.
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A Chinese Anesthstie.
hvm ne BOI.oa Journal.

curious anRsthctic used by the Chinese has
recently been made known BY DR.. y Lanibuth In his
third report of tho SoGGhow Hospital II IL
tanned h pae hS frog ~ jar OF toar aud Irritating II
liquid which forms paste with portion Of the dour
THIS paste dSSo yed In found 20 possess well
been lmmeled In the lauid for few minutes II could
be picked with needle without any pain being felt
and nubneal OF the lips and tongue was produced By
applying tho LIQUID 70 tksnn.
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lie Knew How to Keep a Hotel.
FroN lhe .Sdratooidil.

well, what on oarth do you suppose that old
lady up In l. ITO she has lusl rung again
ssid clerk in one o. the Srgss hotels In Saratoga to
guest
she wants mouse trap"
well get her mouse trap
" But you know there never q seen on that
door aimee the house bultn
What difference does that make - Aaid the oircum
spset bonifAce at IA mouSs that she wants It's
mouSe trap; get her . mouse trap
The clerk sent right ont got thTe hole mouse trap
for several hours.
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was resting at hotel, when q tlpsy desperate
took Il. into his head 70 bully the young Rep,b-
Workers. eauanimity. actually shot at him. only
to find himself disarmed and abnshed. and tho
Maltese Gross cool and triumphant over him.
Marvellous tales OF the cowboys are thus
aroused; tales OF their fondness for fine small
boots. OF their distaste for cigars, which they
buy mono the less, in the course OF purchasing
In; OF their bravery and honesty, and fatal
fondness for encounters with oil DULLES and